ELECTRONIC DEVICE COUPLING SYSTEM

• US 20170220513A1
• Filed: 08/29/2016
• Published: 08/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: LIN, CHING-CHUNG
• Application Number:
  US15/249,480
• Publication Number:
  US 20170220513A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/364 using independent requests or grants, e.g. using separated request and grant lines
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/4081 Live connection to bus, e.g. hot-plugging current or voltage limitation during live insertion H02H9/004
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/4282 on a serial bus, e.g. I2C bus, SPI bus on daisy chain buses G06F13/4247

Abstract

An electronic device coupling system includes a plurality of electronic devices inserted together. The plurality of electronic devices includes a master device and a plurality of slave devices inserted with the master device one by one in at least a train. Each electronic device includes a control module, a control bus, and a storage unit. The storage unit stores local matching information. Each slave device includes a coupling key coupled to a local control module. When each slave device is inserted to the master device directly or indirectly, each slave device is matched with the master device by identifying the matching information through the control bus; and each slave device is coupleable to the master device through the control module by pressing the coupling key.

Claims

1. An electronic device coupling system, the system comprising:

a plurality of electronic devices inserted together, the plurality of electronic devices comprises;

a master device; and

a plurality of slave devices inserted with the master device one by one in at least a train;

wherein each electronic device comprises a control module, a control bus, and a storage unit, and the storage unit stores local matching information;

each slave device comprises a coupling key coupled to a local control module;

wherein when each slave device is inserted to the at least a train, each slave device is matched with the master device by identifying the matching information through the control bus;

and each slave device is coupleable to the master device through the control module by pressing the coupling key.

2. The electronic device coupling system of claim 1, wherein when each slave device is mapped with the master device, the master control module allocates a corresponding slave device code to each slave device and displays the slave device codes of all the mapped slave devices through a display module, and the master device is coupleable to any slave device by touching corresponding slave device code.

3. The electronic device coupling system of claim 1, wherein the coupling key is a touch button or a physical button.

4. The electronic device coupling system of claim 1, wherein each electronic device further comprises a hot plug module configured to detect an insertion between two electronic devices, when the hot plug module detects the insertion between two electronic devices, the control module of each electronic device sends out local mapping information and receives mapping information from other electronic devices.

5. The electronic device coupling system of claim 4, wherein each electronic device comprises a plurality of bus-bars, each bus-bar has a plurality of types coupling ports, the plurality of bus-bars are arranged on at least three different directions, and each coupling port of any bus-bar in any electronic device is capable of inserting into a corresponding coupling port in another electronic device.

6. The electronic device coupling system of claim 5, wherein the master device is capable of being inserted with a plurality of slave devices in any direction of the at least three different directions, and each inserted slave device is capable of being inserted with a plurality of other slave devices in any direction of the at least three different directions.

7. The electronic device coupling system of claim 5, wherein each bus-bar further has a plurality of coupling paths corresponding to the plurality of types coupling ports;

the plurality of types coupling ports of each bus-bar comprises a hot-plug detection port, when the hot-plug detection port detects the insertion between two electronic devices, the plurality of coupling paths of the bus-bar corresponding to the hot-plug detection port is switched on.

8. The electronic device coupling system of claim 7, further comprises a plurality of switch modules, wherein each switch module is corresponding to a type of coupling port, each switch module comprises a plurality of switch paths each corresponding to each of the plurality of bus-bars, and when the hot-plug detection port detects the insertion between two electronic devices, the switch path of each switch module corresponding to the bus-bar, which is corresponding to the detected hot-plug detection port is switched on.

9. The electronic device coupling system of claim 8, wherein the types of coupling port comprises HDMI, DP, USB, type-C, and DC power.

10. The electronic device coupling system of claim 9, wherein the master device further comprises a function module, a screen and an input device, the control module controls the coupled slave device via the function module, the screen displays multimedia information from the coupled slave device, the storage unit stores data for the coupled slave device, and the input device simultaneously control the master device and the coupled slave device.

11. An electronic device coupling system, the system comprising:

a plurality of electronic devices inserted together, the plurality of electronic devices comprises;

a master device; and

a plurality of slave devices inserted with the master device one by one in at least a train;

wherein each electronic device comprises a control module, a control bus, and a storage unit coupled to the control module, and the storage unit stores local matching information;

wherein when each slave device is inserted to the at least a train, each control module is coupled together through the control bus, and each slave device is matched with the master device by identifying the matching information through the control module.

12. The electronic device coupling system of claim 11, wherein when each slave device is mapped with the master device, the master control module allocates a corresponding slave device code to each slave device and displays the slave device codes of all the mapped slave devices through a display module, and the master device is coupleable to any slave device by touching corresponding slave device code.

13. The electronic device coupling system of claim 11, wherein each slave device comprises a coupling key coupled to a local control module, and each slave device is coupleable to the master device through the control module by pressing the coupling key.

14. The electronic device coupling system of claim 11, wherein each electronic device further comprises a hot plug module configured to detect an insertion between two electronic devices, when the hot plug module detects the insertion between two electronic devices, the control module of each electronic device sends out local mapping information and receives mapping information from other electronic devices.

15. The electronic device coupling system of claim 14, wherein each electronic device comprises a plurality of bus-bars, each bus-bar has a plurality of types coupling ports, the plurality of bus-bars are arranged on at least three different directions, and each coupling port of any bus-bar in any electronic device is capable of inserting into a corresponding coupling port in another electronic device.

16. The electronic device coupling system of claim 15, wherein the master device is capable of being inserted with a plurality of slave devices in any direction of the at least three different directions, and each inserted slave device is capable of being inserted with a plurality of other slave devices in any direction of the at least three different directions.

17. The electronic device coupling system of claim 15, wherein each bus-bar further has a plurality of coupling paths corresponding to the plurality of types coupling ports;

the plurality of types coupling ports of each bus-bar comprises a hot-plug detection port, when the hot-plug detection port detects the insertion between two electronic devices, the plurality of coupling paths of the bus-bar corresponding to the hot-plug detection port is switched on.

18. The electronic device coupling system of claim 17, further comprises a plurality of switch modules, wherein each switch module is corresponding to a type of coupling port, each switch module comprises a plurality of switch paths each corresponding to each of the plurality of bus-bars, and when the hot-plug detection port detects the insertion between two electronic devices, the switch path of each switch module corresponding to the bus-bar, which is corresponding to the detected hot-plug detection port is switched on.

19. The electronic device coupling system of claim 18, wherein the types of coupling port comprises HDMI, DP, USB, type-C, and DC power.

20. The electronic device coupling system of claim 19, wherein the master device further comprises a function module, a screen and an input device, the control module controls the coupled slave device via the function module, the screen displays multimedia information from the coupled slave device, the storage unit stores data for the coupled slave device, and the input device simultaneously control the master device and the coupled slave device.